Get Out! Area events celebrate MLK

Area residents will raise their voices in song, prayer and praise Monday as they commemorate the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday. Here are some of the area events scheduled to recognize the holiday.

Area residents will raise their voices in song, prayer and praise Monday as they commemorate the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday. Here are some of the area events scheduled to recognize the holiday.

Thursday, Jan. 16

• Martin Luther King Jr. Mayor's Breakfast, 8 a.m., Alex D. Krassas Event Center at St. Haralambos Greek Orthodox Church, 251 25th St. NW, Canton. Speaker: Sandy Womack, principal at the Altitude Academy at Crenshaw. Master of Ceremony will be Curtis A Perry II, owner and CEO of Joy 1520 Radio Station-The Gospel of the City. Service awards and scholarships will be awarded. Tickets: $35 each or $280 for a table of eight; call 330-471-8328.

• The 38th annual Community Celebration, noon, Edward "Peel" Coleman Community Center, 1400 Sherrick Road SE, Canton. Speaker: Kyle Stone, Canton fair housing manager and youth and young adult pastor at L.I.F.E. Ministries. Keynote address will come at the first half of the program. Musical guest: John B. Wright Jr. and the Voices of Unity Community Choir. Community service awards will be presented. Greetings by Canton Mayor William J. Healy II. Adrian Allison, superintendent of Canton City Schools, will speak about the Brighter Tomorrow Plan. Sponsor: Leila Green Alliance of Black School Educators.

• National Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service, 9 a.m. to noon, throughout Alliance. Volunteers will assist local organizations with planned service projects. Participants receive a free T-shirt and lunch. Organized by the Mount Union's Ralph and Mary Regula Center for Public Service and Civic Engagement. To sign up, contact Abby Honaker at 330-829-8168 or honakeal@mountunion.edu.

• MLK presentation, 11:10 a.m., University of Mount Union, Hoover-Price Campus Center, East Room, 1972 Clark Ave., Alliance. Discussion about the life of Martin Luther King Jr. and his and others' impact on the civil rights movement. Sponsor: Office of Diversity and Inclusion.

Thursday, Jan. 23

• University of Mount Union program, 7 p.m., Dewald Chapel, Myers Sanctuary, 1972 Clark Ave., Alliance. Keynote speaker: Said Sewell, assistant provost for Academic Affairs and dean of the College of Undergraduate Studies at Kent State University. Sponsor: Office of Diversity and Inclusion.